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The Tallis family home
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A new bus tour to film locations from the film Atonement has just been launched. Wwe’ll follow in the footsteps of Briony Tallis, her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner.
Your journey will start with a visit to some of the locations in central London before heading off on a three and a half hour journey to the heart of England at Stokesay Court. You’ll be guided through the actual rooms used in the dramatic opening scenes of the movie at the Tallis family home.
You will be able to lunch in the same dining room as the Tallis family from the movie. Lunch will also be included in the tour.
You’ll learn about how the film was made, watch the DVD clips as we pass some of the actual sites used in the film, see some of the props used in the film, discuss the best selling novel by Ian McEwan and get trivia about the stars of this film.
At the end of the tour we’ll also send you a souvenir group picture by email.
Tour highlights include:
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Opinion by
thecon
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1 year ago
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My sand pit...
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And I'm back... I 'm gonna jump right into the actual filming I did, because there was a lot not even used in the movie, and it was quite cool.
Firstly I have to say just how enormous the scope of this was. The beach sequence in the movie is just a few minutes, but we were their for 3 days doing 'that' shot, and other bits and pieces, and with 1,000 extras all dressed exactly the same it becomes a fight to just get noticed by each other, let alone the crew. Thankfully they had given us groups... I was Blue group, which was the featured group. We went to the front of every shot, and were basically 'featured soldiers'.
First up was green screen, in which we did different poses and movements in small groups which they could duplicate... but I don't think this was used anywhere. We had to stand around smoking Herbal cigarettes and try and look cool, which did not work in my case. My clearest memory is throwing a match down to try and raise those coolness levels, only to be told "Don't throw matches on the green screen!"
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Opinion by
thecon
posted
1 year ago
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Ready for action!
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Hi everyone.... a know a couple of people wanted to know who made this spot, it was me! I was an extra in the movie, and felt quite close to it, so I thought I'd share some of my experiences of filming... There is loads to talk about, and I have many photos from the Dunkirk set, so I'll probably do this in parts.
Okay, so my first day was getting fitted up for the costume, a standard WW2 infantry outfit. It was very bulky, and slightly woollen, but despite that it was quite comfortable (a welcome break from playing fisherman on my other turns as an extra... there's only so much rubber a man can take!). I had braces on, which I loved to play with, and a couple of water bottles strapped to me, along with a raincoat pouch. It felt really good to wear.
But with all that comfort, something had to be wrong, and that came from the shoes... they were truly something out of the middle ages. Firstly they were too small by at least 1 whole size (I am very difficult with my size 12's), and there was some kind of hard strip inside, which cut into my foot with every step I took... but I didn't complain at all, or let on because I would have been sent home like other...
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